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'Melting pot' approach in the army was a mistake, says IDF absorption head

Some 5,000 new immigrants from Western countries are currently serving in the Israel Defense Forces, according to IDF data published here for the first time. Yet, the officer in charge of immigrant absorption says the army has no specific plan for dealing with the needs of Western conscripts. ...

Jacob's Ladder festival draws international musicians

Jacob's Ladder, the biannual music festival also known as the Anglo mimouna, will open Thursday on the Kinneret for a three-day, extended celebration of Irish, bluegrass, country, folk and blues music. The Abrams Brothers, a pair of teenage bluegrass gospel musicians who made their Israel debut at the festival last year, will be returning from Canada this year. Other performers from abroad include Grammy nominated folk singer 'SONiA,' who is arriving from the U.S., as well American soul singer Utah Green and British folk singer Pete Morton. ...

Quilting in blue and white

A collection of 13 blue and white quilts made to mark Israel's 60th birthday will soon be on display around the country, as part of a project launched by an English speakers' quilting club based in the Sharon region. ...

Klinghoffer daughters recall personal tragedy at commemoration of terror victims outside Israel

When 34-year-old Lisa Klinghoffer heard that Palestinian terrorists had hijacked the Mediterranean cruise ship on which her parents were aboard, she remembers pausing for a moment, not really understanding what the word 'hijacked' even meant. "I never really heard it before," she said this week, recalling the 1985 watershed event. ...

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